Citing Sources Online Sources (most of them) Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of the Page." Title of the Site. Publisher, Publishing Date. Web. Date you saw it.
If there is no author, skip to title.
If there is no publisher: n.p.
If there is no publishing date: n.d.
Use the publishing date of the specific piece you are reading; if none, use the copyright date of the site.
All dates are DD MON. YY (22 Jan. 2011)
Page on a website Howard, Jane. “Vegetarian Chili." eHow.com. eHow, 3 Mar. 2012. Web. 24 Feb. 2009. Entire Website Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003. Web. 10 May 2006. Online Magazine Bernstein, Mark. "10 Tips on Writing the Living Web." A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites. A List Apart Mag., 16 Aug. 2002. Web. 4 May 2009. EBSCO Database Search (Science Online is the name of the database EBSCO used. You don't cite EBSCO) Junge, Wolfgang, and Nathan Nelson. “Nature's Rotary Electromotors.” Science. n.p, 29 Apr. 2005. Science Online. Web. 5 Mar. 2009. Online Interview Zinkievich, Craig. Interview by Gareth Von Kallenbach. Skewed & Reviewed. Skewed & Reviewed, n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2009. Online Discussion Post Salmar1515 [Sal Hernandez]. “Re: Best Strategy: Fenced Pastures vs. Max Number of Rooms?” BoardGameGeek. BoardGameGeek, 29 Sept. 2008. Web. 5 Apr. 2009. You Tube Nadeen2. “How to Make a Works Cited Page.” You Tube. You Tube, 20 Aug. 2008. Web. 23 Feb. 2012. Podcast “Fixing Comma Splice.” Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips. 25 June 2010. Podcast. E-mail Neyhart, David. "Re: Online Tutoring." Message to Joe Barbato. 1 Dec. 2000. E-mail. PDF Council of Writing Program Administrators, National Council of Teachers of English, and National Writing Project. Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing. CWPA, NCTE, and NWP, 2011. PDF file.
Print Sources Author Last Name, First Name. Title of the Book. Publisher: City of Publication, Copyright Date. Print.
Use the most recent copyright date.
Book Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Bantam Books: New York, 1993. Print. Book with Editors (Bible) The New Jerusalem Bible. Ed. Susan Jones. New York: Doubleday, 1985. Print.
Other Sources TV Show "The Blessing Way." The X-Files. Fox. WXIA, Atlanta. 19 Jul. 1998. Television. Movie The Usual Suspects. Dir. Bryan Singer. Perf. Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin, and Benecio del Toro. Polygram, 1995. Film. Interview Purdue, Pete. Personal interview. 1 Dec. 2000.
Special Circumstances Two or Three Authors Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print. More than 3 authors Wysocki, Anne Frances, et al. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Logan: Utah State UP, 2004. Print. More than one source by the same author Palmer, William J. Dickens and New Historicism. New York: St. Martin's, 1997. Print. ---. The Films of the Eighties: A Social History. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1993. Print.
Online Sources (most of them)
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of the Page." Title of the Site. Publisher, Publishing Date. Web. Date you saw it.
Page on a website
Howard, Jane. “Vegetarian Chili." eHow.com. eHow, 3 Mar. 2012. Web. 24 Feb. 2009.
Entire Website
Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003. Web. 10 May 2006.
Online Magazine
Bernstein, Mark. "10 Tips on Writing the Living Web." A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites. A List Apart Mag., 16 Aug. 2002. Web. 4 May 2009.
EBSCO Database Search (Science Online is the name of the database EBSCO used. You don't cite EBSCO)
Junge, Wolfgang, and Nathan Nelson. “Nature's Rotary Electromotors.” Science. n.p, 29 Apr. 2005. Science Online. Web. 5 Mar. 2009.
Online Interview
Zinkievich, Craig. Interview by Gareth Von Kallenbach. Skewed & Reviewed. Skewed & Reviewed, n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2009.
Online Discussion Post
Salmar1515 [Sal Hernandez]. “Re: Best Strategy: Fenced Pastures vs. Max Number of Rooms?” BoardGameGeek. BoardGameGeek, 29 Sept. 2008. Web. 5 Apr. 2009.
You Tube
Nadeen2. “How to Make a Works Cited Page.” You Tube. You Tube, 20 Aug. 2008. Web. 23 Feb. 2012.
Podcast
“Fixing Comma Splice.” Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips. 25 June 2010. Podcast.
E-mail
Neyhart, David. "Re: Online Tutoring." Message to Joe Barbato. 1 Dec. 2000. E-mail.
PDF
Council of Writing Program Administrators, National Council of Teachers of English, and National Writing Project. Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing. CWPA, NCTE, and NWP, 2011. PDF file.
Print Sources
Author Last Name, First Name. Title of the Book. Publisher: City of Publication, Copyright Date. Print.
- Use the most recent copyright date.
BookAngelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Bantam Books: New York, 1993. Print.
Book with Editors (Bible)
The New Jerusalem Bible. Ed. Susan Jones. New York: Doubleday, 1985. Print.
Other Sources
TV Show
"The Blessing Way." The X-Files. Fox. WXIA, Atlanta. 19 Jul. 1998. Television.
Movie
The Usual Suspects. Dir. Bryan Singer. Perf. Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin, and Benecio del Toro. Polygram, 1995. Film.
Interview
Purdue, Pete. Personal interview. 1 Dec. 2000.
Special Circumstances
Two or Three Authors
Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print.
More than 3 authors
Wysocki, Anne Frances, et al. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Logan: Utah State UP, 2004. Print.
More than one source by the same author
Palmer, William J. Dickens and New Historicism. New York: St. Martin's, 1997. Print.
---. The Films of the Eighties: A Social History. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1993. Print.
How to Cite a Source
Video: Understanding the Parts of a Citation
How to Cite an Online Magazine: Cite an online magazine
Works Cited Page Format
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